Stockholm and Copenhagen are amongst the most embracing and friendly capitals of the world. They redefine chic to mean fashionable in a most unfussed sense. Get a head start on Scandi chic with these hot hotels.

Seminyak in Bali is synonymous with vibrant, bohemian chic. Off the high street, on a much quieter byroad, are an array of spas and eateries. And on a drive-in of this byroad lies a hidden gem.

‘At the still point, there the dance is’ – if there is a place that guides you gently to arrive at this ‘stillness’ as beautifully crystallized in words by the poet T.S Eliot, it is Shreyas.

Dense, lush greenery enveloped me. A tranquil Lotus pond, suspended in the air, lay before me. At ground level, the Ayung River snaked along. Soaked in the spell of this tropical jungle, I walked across a footbridge.

Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom nestled between the Goliathans India and China, is one of the youngest democracies in the world. Its small population of 0.8 million people were happy with the absolute monarchy in place.

A walk down the Finnish capital Helsinki's roads, especially around its tourist spots, brought to life my childhood days. Stories of Santa came alive. Santa stories are alive in Finland all year round.

I've seen Uthup perform several times since I was a little girl. To say she is a crowd favorite is an understatement. But what made this Uthup-outing unprecedented, was her stage. Her band played adroitly to a backdrop of an ocean of tea shrubs...

To be descended from the heavens and be perched on the clouds, that's the sensibility an experience of the Glenburn Tea Estate.

Jelly waves, purple coral and sponge sand on endless fields - that's Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago. An island more distinctive and varied than any I have been to. I chose Gozo for a much deserved break.

If God has written poetry on earth, it is here. It is Ladakh.